Lights Valley Colonel Shiraz 2017 from Lights Valley in the Barossa Valley is a serious, wax‑dipped Barossa shiraz that brings together depth, spice and age‑earned complexity in a very impressive package. This Lights Valley Colonel Shiraz 2017 is very dark magenta, opening with spicy aromas of raspberries and blackberries – a real dark‑and‑red fruit salad – backed by soy, cloves, coffee‑grind and subtle black‑olive notes.

On the palate it is plush and powerful yet focused, with ripe black fruits carried by fine, long tannins and a savoury undercurrent from its extended time in French and American oak. After fifteen days on skins and two years in barrel, it now shows beautifully integrated spice, coffee and savoury nuance around a dense fruit core, and will continue to age gracefully for another six to ten years if well cellared. Lights Valley Colonel Shiraz 2017 is classic “Barossa with polish” – concentrated, chewy and thoroughly satisfying.

Food‑wise, this Colonel Shiraz is tailor‑made for rich, slow‑cooked and charry dishes – think grilled ribeye, beef short ribs, lamb shanks or a smoky mushroom and lentil pie. The wine’s black‑fruit depth, olive, soy and coffee‑spice notes love fat, char and umami, making it a brilliant centrepiece for hearty winter dinners or a special‑occasion Barossa red that really looks the part on the table.